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Issue: Vol. 1745 No. 1: 9 Apr. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1745.1.2
Page range: 19–29
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The genus Mimesa in China with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)

Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310029, P. R. China
Department of Entomology, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P. R. China
Institute of Insect Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310029, P. R. China
Hymenoptera Crabronidae Mimesa new species China

Abstract

The genus Mimesa Shuckard (Crabronidae: Pemphredoninae: Psenini) from China is reviewed and a key to the Chinese species is provided. Two new species, M. infossa Ma, Li and Chen, sp. nov. from Tibet, China and M. rhyssocephalica Ma, Li and Chen, sp. nov. from Yunnan, China are described and illustrated. Five species are reported from China for the first time: Mimesa breviventris F. Morawitz, M. caucasica Maidl, M. crassipes A. Costa, M. sibirica (de Beaumont), and M. grandii Maidl. In addition, the unknown females of M. filippovi (Gussakovskij) and M. kaszabi (Tsuneki) are described.

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